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'Lost' Leonardo Da Vinci painting to be auctioned

The last Leonardo de Vinci painting in private hands is going to auction in New York in November

11/10/2017

Cult

Chinese porcelain bowl sells for 32 mln euros

This small 900-year-old dish has shattered auction records in Hong Kong.

04/10/2017

China

Dish sold for $37.68 million

This transaction beats a world auction record

03/10/2017

Cult

A rare glimpse into Audrey Hepburn's life

Christie’s brings to auction over 300 lots from the personal collection of Audrey Hepburn, one of the most beloved stars in the history of film and fashion

26/09/2017

Living

A glimpse of Audrey Hepburn

Film scripts, dresses and other treasures from late film legend Audrey Hepburn's attic in Switzerland are going up for sale in London.

25/09/2017

United Kingdom

London cinema prop auction

600 iconic movie props memorabilia on sale in London including Indiana Jones' whip and Star Wars Y-wing

08/09/2017

USA

Neil Armstrong's 'space bag' sells for 1.5 million dollars

A bag said to have been used by US astronaut Neil Armstrong to bring the first samples of moon dust back to Earth has been sold to an anonymous bidder for 1.8 million US dollars.

21/07/2017

USA

Neil Armstrong's space bag expected to fetch millions at auction

Neil Armstrong's space bag expected to fetch millions at auction

20/07/2017

Romania

Nazi Enigma machine fetches thousands for canny collector

€100 fleamarket find sells for €45,000

12/07/2017

Cult

A rare Picasso sold for £34,885,000 / €39,570,000

A never-before-seen at auction painting by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso sold for £34,885,000 / €39,570,000

28/06/2017

Cult

Saturday Night Fever dance floor for sale

The dance floor that lit up in red, blue and yellow in rhythm to the music

26/06/2017

France

"Andrómeda" de Rodin atinge mais de 3,6 milhões de euros em leilão

Um dos cinco exemplares da escultura de Auguste Rodin, "Andrómeda" foi vendida num leilão em Paris por mais de 3,6 milhões de euros

30/05/2017

USA

Sold! Basquiat 'skull' canvas goes for 84 million euros at 'electrifying' auction

A painting by US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat has become the sixth most expensive canvas ever sold at auction.

19/05/2017

USA

How Jean-Michel Basquiat went from misfit to America's most expensive artist

A painting by American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat sold for more than $100 million becoming the sixth most expensive canvas ever sold at auction.

19/05/2017

World News

'La Légende' heart-shaped diamond up for auction

Dazzling jewels are going under the hammer at Christie’s Geneva – including the biggest heart-shaped diamond ever up for auction, dangling from a pearl necklace.

12/05/2017

USA

Nearly 20-year-old McDonald's sauce sells for $14,700 USD

A packet of McDonald’s Szechuan dipping sauce from 1998 sold in an online auction after a $14,700 USD bid.

21/04/2017

United Kingdom

Rare diamond auction: tears of the gods for sale

The most valuable diamond earrings to ever be put up for auction are on display in London. A super-rare blue one is called Apollo and Artemis is pink.

10/04/2017

China

Pink Star diamond sets new world record

The world’s most expensive pink diamond has sold at Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong for a world record price of around 66.

04/04/2017

Netherlands

Anne Frank poem auctioned for 140,000 euros

A poem handwritten by Jewish schoolgirl Anne Frank has sold for a high price at auction.

23/11/2016

France

Tintin moon drawing sells for record €1.55 million in Paris

An original artwork by the late Belgian cartoonist Hergé of his hero Tintin and friends has sold for €1.

19/11/2016